GOLF entrepreneur John Reay has left it late, but he has finally sunk his first hole-in-one.

The 49-year-old owner of the John Reay Centre and Stoneleigh Deer Park was playing in the Leamington Rotary Club Day contested at Stoneleigh when he put his tee shot into the cup at the short 13th.

"I used my 9-iron, pitched the ball by the flag and it jumped in," said Reay, who was playing together with wife Cherry and Deer Park captain Colin Siddall.

"It was a fantastic feeling and I was presented with an inscribed tankard to commemorate the feat." Now 49, Reay first played the game when he was 12. "By my reckoning I will be 86 when I repeat the feat," he said.

A total of 186 players took part in what proved to be an extremely successful event.

*SIMON LILLEY grabbed the McCarthy Bowl at Coventry Hearsall with a highly creditable 70-3-67. The one-time Tour caddy was in sparkling form as he accounted for a strong A Division which saw Geoff Rushton (79-11-68), Ted Banks (77-7-70) and Roger Parfitt (76-6-70) pushed into the minor placings.

*STONELEIGH Deer Park's Men's Pairs Open threw up a 'home' success with N Herdman and A MacDonald finishing first on 60 - their better back nine beating W McElvenney and B Hallam with C Clark and R Frost third third with the same score.

*BRIAN SMITH'S 39 points saw him home in the Unisys Shield Stableford at Ullesthorpe Court. The next four places went to Colin Millar, Brian Rothwell, Richard Storer and Steve Eaves who were separated by countback on 38 points.

*LEE WEBB forged a four-point cushion in the Unisys event at Warwick. Webb's 40 points saw him clear of James Crompton and Steve Slack who collected 36 points apiece.

Warwick went down 2?-1? in their Warwickshire Affiliated League fixture at The Grange.

Robert Buckingham and Richard Farrell won 3&2, Carlos Park and Tony Avery halved, but there were defeats for Norman Hunt and Tony Avery (3&2) and Martin McDonnell and John Boag (7&6).

*COUNTBACK came in to play to decide the May 12-Hole Seniors Stableford at The Grange. Malcolm Brown got the nod over Frank Lewis and Ian Cook after they had all compiled 24 points.

The 3-Club 12-Hole Stableford went to John Daly with 25 points, relegating Arthur Williams to the runner-up berth after another dead-heat. John Kelsey and Pete Jobling were a point behind in third and fourth. The Grange won their inter-club clash against Kenilworth Seniors by 4?-2?, but were themselves beaten by the same scoreline at Purley Chase.

*THE May Stableford at North Warwickshire had little daylight between the division leaders with Fred Cuffin having a better back nine to eclipse Ross Alexander with 41 points, while in Division Two Paul Dicks just accounted for Mike Bedford after both had pencilled in 37.